Hawthorn vice-captain Luke Hodge's return from a knee injury was his club's only change for Saturday's Subiaco elimination final against Fremantle.

The Dockers were hit by the loss of forward Hayden Ballantyne (foot), but regained Ryan Crowley among three changes.

Sydney named Shane Mumford (knee), Tadhg Kennelly (knee) and Dan Hannebery (hamstring) to return from injury in its 25-man squad to play Carlton at Sydney's Olympic stadium in an elimination final on Sunday.

The Blues lost Shaun Grigg (calf) and dropped ruckman-forward Shaun Hampson, with fellow big man Sam Jacobs and Andrew Walker among the inclusions in their 25-man squad.